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Manuscript relating to Donald Dunbar Coutts 1916-1920
Digitised Collection
Maker: Cliff, Marjorie A Coutts, Donald Dunbar
Manuscript relating to the service, during the First World War, of Major Donald Dunbar Coutts, 6th Australian Field Ambulance. The diary within the manuscript covers Coutts’ the period of 1916-1920 an...RCDIG0001350
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Manuscript relating to Percy George Rupert Parkes, 1915-1918; 2007
Digitised Collection
Maker: Parkes, Percy George Rupert
Manuscript relating to the First World War service of Captain Percy George Rupert Parkes, 23rd Infantry Battalion, 1915-1918; 2007 [Second copy - single-page spread]. This manuscript contains the tra...AWM2018.785.28
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Manuscript relating to Percy George Rupert Parkes, 1915-1918; 2007
Digitised Collection
Maker: Parkes, Percy George Rupert
Manuscript relating to the First World War service of Captain Percy George Rupert Parkes, 23rd Infantry Battalion, 1915-1918; 2007 [First copy - double-page spread]. This manuscript contains the tran...AWM2018.785.27
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Massey, Lawrence Dudley
Private Record
Maker: Massey, Lawrence Dudley
Collection relating to 5277 Private (Pte) (later Acting Corporal) Lawrence Dudley Massey, who served with 4th Field Ambulance, 4th Division, AIF. The main items are two original pocket size diaries, h...PR88/201
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Mauser Model G98a Rifle
Technology
Mauser Model G98 bolt action rifle. The receiver breech ring is marked WAFFENFABRIK MAUSER OBERNDORF 1916 and the left side Gew 98. The rifle is complete with a matching serial number bolt but missing...RELAWM00583.001
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Memoir of John Shakespear Bartley, 1916-1919
Digitised Collection
Maker: Bartley, John Shakespear
Memoir relating to the First World War service of 2880 Lance Corporal John Shakespear Bartley, 30th Battalion. This account of Bartley's service was written and compiled sometime after his return to A...RCDIG0001126
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Military Medal : Sergeant G M Hammond, 28th Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Military Medal (Geo V). Impressed around edge with recipient's details.REL/17277.002
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Miscellaneous papers of the 35th Battalion compiled by Henry Arthur Goddard, 1916-1918
Digitised Collection
Maker: Goddard, Henry Arthur
Folder of miscellaneous papers relating to the First World War service of Brigadier General Henry Arthur Goddard, 35th Battalion. The papers relate to the recommendation, commission and provision of ...RCDIG0000803
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Model portable waste incinerator : Sergeant A Worsfold, AIF Research Section, Imber Court Experimental Grounds
Technology
Maker: Worsfold, Alexander
Model made from flat sheets of 1 mm thick copper, forming an elongated vertical box. Each side panel is wired to its neighbour at the top and bottom with a celluloid viewing panel let into the proper ...REL/01572
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Model stretcher sling : Sergeant A Worsfold, AIF Research Section, Imber Court Experimental Grounds
Technology
Maker: Worsfold, Alexander
Prototype full-sized stretcher sling made from hand-sewn lengths of 35mm wide light brown webbing (possibly hemp). It is shaped to form a cruciform seat with allowance for the patient's legs. At the r...REL/01574
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Monash, Sir John KCMG KCB, (General, b.1865 - d.1931) - Armentieres
Private Record
A section of map in colour on linen covering Armentieres. Scale not given. Map features roads, buildings, trenches, rivers, battalions and battery positions. Map originally dated Dec 1916 but that is ...3DRL/2316.083
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Monash, Sir John KCMG KCB, (General, b.1865 - d.1931) - Armentieres
Private Record
Maker: Ordnance Survey Office
A map in colour on linen comprised on two sheets titled 'Armentieres'. Scale 1:10,000, 36 N.W. 2, dated late 1916. Map features roads, buildings, rivers, trenches, and vegetation. Annotations include ...3DRL/2316.082
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Monash, Sir John KCMG KCB, (General, b.1865 - d.1931) - Plan, D'Armentieres - Scale 1:10,000
Private Record
Maker: Royal Engineers
A map in black and white on paper titled 'Plan; D'Armentieres' covering Armentieres in France. Scale 1:10,000, dated Dec 1916, published by 1st Printing Corps, Royal Engineers (2) 568. May features bu...3DRL/2316.081
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Monash, Sir John KCMG KCB, (General, b.1865 - d.1931) - Portion of Square 28.U. - Scale 1:2,500
Private Record
A black, red and blue map on paper titled 'Portion of Square 28.U.'. Scale 1:2,500, dated 31/7/1917. Map features roads, railways, buildings, trenches, boundaries, and the River Lys. Annotations inclu...3DRL/2316.118
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Monash, Sir John KCMG KCB, (General, b.1865 - d.1931) - [Printed Map] - Scale 1:10,000
Private Record
A colour map on linen comprised on two sheets covering an area around Ploegsteert and Armentieres. Scale 1:10,000, 3rd Aus Div, 3/2/1918. Map features roads, boundaries, trenches, railways, buildings,...3DRL/2316.143
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Motor transports on the Armentieres-Bailleul Road
Art
Maker: Bryant, Charles
Painting of a convoy of Albion trucks passing through a war damaged landscape and rows of trees, on the Armentieres-Bailleul Road, Armentieres, Lys Area, on the Western Front during the First World Wa...ART00157
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Next of kin plaque : Lance Corporal Hugh Lamont, 24th Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Bronze next of kin plaque, showing on the obverse, Britannia holding a laurel wreath, the British lion, dolphins, a spray of oak leaves and the words 'HE DIED FOR FREEDOM AND HONOUR' around the edge. ...REL47836
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Next of kin plaque : Lance Corporal Liscombe Reginald Emanuel Spiller, 27th Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Bronze next of kin plaque, showing on the obverse, Britannia holding a laurel wreath, the British lion, dolphins, a spray of oak leaves and the words 'HE DIED FOR FREEDOM AND HONOUR' around the edge. ...REL45404
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Next of kin plaque : Private J A Newcomb, 18 Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Royal Laboratory Woolwich Arsenal
Bronze next of kin plaque showing on the obverse Britannia holding a laurel wreath, the British lion, dolphins, a spray of oak leaves and the words 'HE DIED FOR FREEDOM AND HONOUR' around the edge. Be...REL39378
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Next of kin plaque: Private John Wheeler, 36th Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Bronze next of kin plaque, showing on the obverse, Britannia holding a laurel wreath, the British lion, dolphins, a spray of oak leaves and the words 'HE DIED FOR FREEDOM AND HONOUR' around the edge. ...REL41613
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[No. 12] Diary of Thomas James Richards, 9 June - 22 July 1916
Digitised Collection
Maker: Richards, Thomas James 'Rusty'
Diary relating to the First World War service of 25 Lance Corporal Thomas James Richards, 1st Australian Field Ambulance (AFA). The entries in this diary span the period 9 June to 22 July 1916 and cov...RCDIG0001483
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Outdoor portrait of 497 Private (Pte) William Charles McGee and 486 Pte William Charles Rex ...
Photograph
Outdoor portrait of 497 Private (Pte) William Charles McGee and 486 Pte William Charles Rex Mitchell, 3rd Pioneer Battalion beside the ruins of a wrecked house in Armentieres, France. Pte McGee was a ...H16990
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Page, Leslie Roy (Private, b.1897 - d.1988)
Private Record
Maker: Page, Leslie Roy Various
Collection relating to the First World War service of 592 Private Leslie Roy Page, Egypt and Europe, 1915-18 and 1960s-80s. Collection consists of three small handwritten diaries detailing Page's serv...AWM2016.264.1
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Part of destroyed telescope, Armentieres : Private Maher, 44 Battalion AIF
Technology
Maker: Unknown
Battle damaged rifle telescope.RELAWM00686
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Personal diary of Field Marshal Lord William Birdwood, 1 January 1916 - 1 January 1917
Digitised Collection
Maker: Birdwood, William Riddell
This personal diary of Field Marshal Lord William Birdwood commences with a narrative of the events of December 1915, the troops being en route to Egypt after their withdrawal from Gallipoli. Entries ...RCDIG0000004
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Personal Effects : Private W Benton, 24 Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Collection of personal effects found on the body of 3775 Private William Benton. They include: Damaged aluminium identity disc, Armentieres souvenir brooch, silver vesta match case containing a lock o...REL/00889
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Personal Files Book 14, 1 December 1916 - 10 February 1917
Digitised Collection
Maker: Monash, John
File of papers relating to the First World War service of Major General John Monash, 3rd Australian Division. This file, originally part of Book 14, covers 1 December 1916 to 10 February 1917 and incl...RCDIG0000617
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Peters, Charles Harold, MC & bar (Captain, b. - d.)
Manuscript
Maker: Peters, Charles Harold
Entry written for the Australian War Records Essay competition, entitled `The Raiding Days', accounting for a large scale raid carried out in the Houplines sector, Armentieres, by elements of the 37th...MSS1255
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Photostat copies of letters from John Alexander Raws and Robert Goldthorpe Raws, 1915-1916
Digitised Collection
Maker: Raws, John Alexander Raws, Robert Goldthorpe
Photostat copies of letters relating to the First World War service of Lieutenant Robert Goldthorpe Raws and Second Lieutenant John Alexander Raws, both of 23rd Battalion. This volume, bound by the Au...RCDIG0001092
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Pilots pair of canvas & woollen fleece flying overboots : Leutnant Clausz, Jasta 29, German Air Service
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
German Air Service (Luftstreitkrafte) pilot's pair of field grey canvas and woollen fleece, thigh length, flying overboots. The brown leather sole panel is stitched in a horizontal seam to the upper p...RELAWM00668
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Pont d'Achelles
Art
Maker: McCubbin, Louis Frederick
Watercolour sketch depicting a farmhouse building in the Pont d'Achelles, Lys Area Region, Western Front, with observation balloons in the right background. Pont d'Achelles is close to Nieppe in the L...ART03047
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PORTRAIT OF PRIVATE WILLIAM JACKSON VC OF 17TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION, AIF. PRIVATE ...
Photograph
PORTRAIT OF PRIVATE WILLIAM JACKSON VC OF 17TH AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION, AIF. PRIVATE JACKSON WAS AWARDED THE VICTORIA CROSS FOR HIS ACTION IN RESCUING WOUNDED COMRADES UNDER HEAVY SHELLFIRE FOLL...P00343.001
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Portrait of Private William Jackson VC of 17th Infantry Battalion in a park setting. Private ...
Photograph
Portrait of Private William Jackson VC of 17th Infantry Battalion in a park setting. Private Jackson was awarded the Victoria Cross for his action in rescuing wounded comrades under heavy shellfire fo...P01992.001
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225 Private J Johnson (left), and 274 Lance Corporal E Moodie (right), both members of the 3rd ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown Australian Official Photographer
225 Private J Johnson (left), and 274 Lance Corporal E Moodie (right), both members of the 3rd Pioneer Battalion, typical Australians, greet the photographer through a shell hole in one of the ruined ...E00109
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Reid, John Anderson (Private, c1896 - 1923)
Private Record
Maker: Reid, John Anderson
Diary and transcript of 226 Private John A Reid, 23 Battalion, who was also bandmaster. The diary covers the period 1915-1916 and documents service in Egypt, Gallipoli and France. Reid provides a brie...PR03187
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Ridley, John Gotch MC (Lieutenant, b.1896 - d.1976)
Private Record
Maker: Ridley, John Gotch
A typed manuscript written by Lieutenant Ridley titled "My experiences in the charge of the 53rd Battalion, 19 July 1916 at Armentieres". Other items in the collection include typed transcripts of se...PR01504
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Ross-King, Alice, MM (Sister, b.1887 - d.1968)
Private Record
Maker: Australian Red Cross Society Various
Papers of Sister Alice Ross-King who served with the Australian Army Nursing Service during the First World War. The collection consists of her three original diaries, a typed transcript of the diari...PR02082
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Scandrett, Robert Rae (Private, b.1892 - d.1954)
Private Record
Maker: Scandrett, Robert Rae
Collection relating to the First World War service of 13354 Private Robert Rae Scandrett, 4th Sanitary Section and 12th Field Ambulance, Egypt, France, Belgium, 1915-1919. Collection consists of three...AWM2016.59.1
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Series 1: Field Marshal Lord William Birdwood's Personal Diaries, 1915-1920
Digitised Collection
Maker: Birdwood, William Riddell
Six handwritten diaries compiled by Field Marshal Lord William Birdwood spanning 1915 - 1920. The diaries commence on 1 January 1915 and cover the period before the landing at Gallipoli on 25 April 19...RCDIG0000001
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Series 4: Unit histories collected by Henry Arthur Goddard
Digitised Collection
Maker: Goddard, Henry Arthur
Battalion histories and other papers relating to the First World War service of Brigadier General Henry Arthur Goddard, 9th Infantry Brigade. The first series consists of a pocket leather notebook co...RCDIG0000659
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Service dress tunic : Major G G McCrae, 60 Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Australian Army officer's khaki cotton drill service dress jacket with oxidised brass rank insignia of major. The single-breasted jacket is secured by four large leather buttons and has an open lapel ...RELAWM09880
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Shearman, Stewart Frederick (Private, b.1897 - d.1971)
Private Record
Maker: Shearman, Stewart Frederick
Two diaries (attached) (May 1916-August 1917) and part manuscript copy covering November 1916-August 1917 of No. 12062 Private S.F. Shearman (9th Field Ambulance). The second original diary covers his...PR01025
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Sign : British notice board, 'Ploegsteert'
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Wooden rectangular street sign painted white with 'Ploegsteert' written in black paint.RELAWM00666
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Soldiers washing their gum boots outside the gum boot store at Houplines, near Armentieres. ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown Australian Official Photographer
Soldiers washing their gum boots outside the gum boot store at Houplines, near Armentieres. Infantry and working parties were issued with dry boots from this store before going into the line, and on r...E00120
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Souvenir ashtray from Armentieres : Lieutenant E T R Reynolds, 29 Company Army Service Corps, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Copper ashtray with brass crest for the town of Armentieres, France. The crest is supported by a wreath of oak and laurel and surmounted by a crown which looks like a fortified town. The shield contai...REL29520
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Souvenir copper urn : Sergeant G E Watkins, 39 Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Small machine turned souvenir copper urn with a copper wire handle. Attached to the front of the urn are a pair of four leaf clovers flanking the coat of arms of the city of Armentieres.REL34993
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Souvenir napkin ring : Sergeant G E Watkins, 39 Battalion AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Aluminium and brass napkin ring made in the form of an oversized signet ring. A brass badge set into the ring is engraved with two flowers and the words 'Armentieres 1917'.REL34988.001
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Souvenir ring Armentieres : Lance Sergeant R S Beveridge, 20 Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Aluminium finger ring with a square face with the words 'Armentieres 1916' engraved diagonally across it. The face is scratched and some of the letters at the edge are illegible. At each side is a fle...RELAWM11774
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Souvenir tea spoon : Sergeant G E Watkins, 39 Battalion AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Souvenir tea spoon with a decorated shaft topped by the badge of the city of Armentieres. The bowl of the spoon is engraved with the word 'Armentieres'.REL34989
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SS Persic souvenir silk tally band : Private Leslie Russell, 37 Battalion, AIF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Long narrow white silk streamer or tally band with the name 'S.S.PERSIC' embroidered in metallic thread, bordered by an embroidered silk Union Jack on one side, and an embroidered silk red Australian ...REL46769